Alesha left little to the imagination as she put her abs on display in a microscopic crop top and dazzling sequinned bottoms for her televised appearance.

Elsewhere in the episode, Cheryl confessed it takes her three hours to pull off her trademark glamorous looks during The Greatest Dancer.

In awe of her new BFF, Oti Mabuse quizzed her fellow dance captain on what time she has to start getting ready for the new BBC dance show.

The Love Made Me Do This hitmaker, 35, revealed she has to get up as early as seven to ensure she completes her beauty regime.

The Greatest Dancer: Cheryl admitted it takes her THREE hours to get ready as her co-star Matthew gushed over her perfect looks

Oti asked: 'What time did you have to get up to do your make-up?'

Cheryl confessed: 'Seven.'

Surprised, Oti responded: 'You need three hours to get ready?'

Fellow dance captain Matthew Morrison gushed over Cheryl's 'perfect' looks as he stressed to look as good as she does she needs to put in a 'lot of work'.

Hard work! The Love Made Me Do This hitmaker, 35, revealed she has to get up as early as seven to ensure she completes her beauty regime

He claimed: 'She doesn't just look like this, she needs a lot of work.'

As captains on The Greatest Dancer, it is no surprise Cheryl and Oti have quickly developed a close friendship with one another.

Insiders exclusively told MailOnline: 'You could see Cheryl and Oti’s friendship clearly strengthening over the course of auditions...

'There is no way they would have felt comfortable enough to play fight if they weren’t genuinely mates. Backstage there was lots of dancing and cheeky banter especially ahead of choosing their final 3 acts.’

Utter surprise! In awe of her new BFF, Oti Mabuse quizzed her fellow dance captain on what time she has to start getting ready for the new BBC dance show

Cheryl has returned to our screens after a tough 2018 following her split from Liam Payne, whom is the father of their son Bear.

There had been speculation that she has had cosmetic surgery after pictures emerged of her face looking 'puffy' and 'frozen'.

She told MailOnline exclusively: 'The truth was, I had one hour's sleep that night, which is never good.

'I stayed up because the single and video dropped at the same time and I was reading the fan reaction on Twitter. It went a bit far and all of a sudden, it was 3am.

'I went to bed and got up one hour later. So I put on a wig - the short bob was a wig from the music video. They put my hair back in a plait and then put on the wig.

Appreciation: Fellow dance captain Matthew Morrison gushed over Cheryl's 'perfect' looks as he stressed to look as good as she does she needs to put in a 'lot of work'

'I was so pale and on the way out of the door, the make-up artist was saying to me, "you've got a big pillow crease in your face that I can't get rid of". No one had seen the bob, but this is how I've always looked.'

While it appears the songstress may have given up on romance, the hitmaker confided in MailOnline that the reality is a little more optimistic.

The mother-of-one said: 'I wouldn't say I've given up on love. I love, love. But I have paused my relationship goals. All is well. I'm just going with the flow, but I have no plans to meet anybody anytime soon.'

Twice divorced, Cheryl announced she had split from Liam, 25, the father of son Bear, 22 months, back in July, following a two-and-a-half year romance.

Well done! Cheryl has returned to our screens after a tough 2018 following her split from Liam Payne, whom is the father of their son Bear

And she admits she finds the heartache of splitting up with a partner almost too much to bear because of the 'lows' that can typically follow the 'highs' of love.

She said: 'I hate the lows... I hate the lows. It's kind of one of the things that makes us not want to get into a relationship. Nothing quite makes you feel like that, does it? Nothing else.

'And I know you have to take the highs with the lows, so I'm working on being OK with that, but at the moment, I just don't need it. I don't want it.'

Despite their split, Cheryl said things are all good with Liam and says they are navigating their way through parenthood well.

She said: 'There's no animosity whatsoever. We are learning all the time. And it's good, it's healthy. We're just like any other couple that have gone through this, but we have a few more eyes watching us... Just a few.'

The Greatest Dancer airs at 8.10pm on BBC One on Saturday.

Gossip: There had been speculation that she has had cosmetic surgery after pictures emerged of her face looking 'puffy' and 'frozen'

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